Apparatus for and system of lubrication circulation for journal brasses



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APPARATUS FOR AND SYSTEM OF LUBRICATON CIRCULATION FOR JOURNAL BRASSES 4 Filed July 29, 1926 A. L. MOLER LWNET-H s sheets-sheet 2 557 7%l .I Q EZ if; -ln July 2, 1929.

A. L. MOLER 1.719.011 APPARATUS FOR AND SYSTEM OF LUBRICATION CIRCULATION FOR JOURNAL BRASSES Filed July 29, 192e 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 titl VPatented July 2,192.9.v u

vUNITED Y STATES PATENT oFFflca ABRAHAM I.. MoLnR, or RICHMOND, vInciINIA.r

APPAItATUsroa AND sYs'rEivI oF LUBaIoATIoN CIRCULATION non JoURNAL BRAssns.

Application filed .T1115r Q9,

As early as 1885 (sce Kent, proceedings Institute Mechanical Engine-ers, January, 1885` page 1610, Oil pressure and bear- `ings) it was well known that oil was carried 'from the packing in the cellar at the bottom ot the journal box, up under the journal brass, thus filling the customary longitudinal groove in the top oli the journal brass, and then forcing it out through the oil hole extending from such longitudinal groove to the top of the brass from which hole the oil Vasted out over the top ot the brass and became lost, tho result ot which is that the packing becomes very7 dry and glazed, which in turn, produced a hot bearing.

Many efforts have been made to return the oil to tlie oil cellar and the packing Waste, butsotar as I am aware this has not been successfully accomplished. Y

On the long passenger runs which have recently been inaugurated on most railroads it has been a most dilicult and expensive problem to prevent hot bearings because the engine truck brass and the trailer brass Will, after about 100 miles run, become very hot,

and on this account the railroads have been compelled, and are still .compelled (Where my invention is not used) to have box packers stationed along their line atintermediate points of approximately 100 miles to repair these journal boxes and make it possible for one engine to cover from 300 to 500 and 600 'mile divisions, all of which adds materially to the operating expenses of railroads. lin my experiments to overcome tl existing conditions and to ascertain the real cause of the exhaustion and waste ot' oil, l rode on the front of a locomotive engine to determine definitely what Would'ln'rppen and ascertain approximately the rate of speed at which oil would begin to tloW outfover the top et the brass as there were many theories adien vanced tor the cause oi" the oil exhaustion and l found that at a speed et' 35 to d0 miles per hour oil would tion' in a constant-stream, that is to say. was being raised more than sii: inches high up through the top et the brass after which it flowed over the top oit the journal box and 'Wasted back over the engine truck, trame, 'spriiiga etefriliis demonm 192e. serial No. 125,732,

strated conclusively that it was i-mpossible to keep the oil in the cellar and the packing at the bottom because thev oil did not How back to the cellar and consequently the waste 1n the cellar becomes dry and glazed, all of which resulted in a hot bearing.

The primary object of my invention is to prevent the Waste of oil'by storing it in the sump, or other suitable receptacle as it flows from the journal at high speed and permitting the oil, by gravity, to flow back to the oil cellar and thereby keep the packing at all times rich and Well saturated With oil; that is to say, the lubricating circulating system of journal bra-sses, according to my invention, consists4 in flowin the surplus lubricant fed to the brass at iigh speed to the sump, storing it in ysaid sump. and then permitting the oil todiow from said sump by gravity into the oil cellar. i According to my invention the apparatus consists, broadly stated, of a journal brass having oil ducts extending upward through the same, an oil sump in constant communication with said ducts and constantly opened ducts leading from the sump to ilow the oil fthe oil cellar at bottom of journal.

j, In the drawing: i

' Figure l is a vertical sectional view 80 through a journal box of standard make in which my invention has been embodied.

Figure 2 is a top'plan view of the journal brass shown in Figure l. j

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the journal 85 brass shown in Figure l.'

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the journal brass shown in Figure l.

Figure 5 is a view of a journal box similar to Figure l.

Figure 6 is a top plan-view et the brass shown in Figure 5.

Figure 'i' is an end elevation of the brass shown in F igure. i'

Figure 8 is an end side elevation of the 95 brass shown in Figure 5.

Figure 9 is a top plan view ot a journal brass having ttvo oil holesn Figure lil is an end view ol Figure 9, and

Figure ll. is a side elevation oitI Figure 9. MW mi 1rence nume al l designates a jeun ovided vvititi the journai. brass against which the journal-Shes its bearing, the oil .cellar 4 is of standard construction and packed with waste 5. As is usual, the

oil cellar is filled with oil and waste.. Y l

Thejournal brass 1s,'as usual, provided with the longitudlnal groove 6 from winch the i usual oil hole or duct 7 extends vertically lo the `top of the brass. `The oil hole or duct T,

in my invention, is distinguished from the customary oil port byenlarging its diameter at its upperend portion as indicated by the reference numeral 8. Oil ducts 9 are formed in the brass, the upperend of each duct being in constant open communication with the e11- larged portion 8 ofthe duct 7, while the lower ends 10 of these ductsare constantly open and discharge at a point beyond-the bearing surface between the journaland the brass sooil back to thejournal bearing face, but pervInit the oil-to drop back' into the cellar.-`

I provide at the topof the journal box an oil sump 11 which is' in constant operi corn-A .l munication with the upper sump 8 of the duct 1225.

7 bymeans of the duct .12 whereby the over-Y -flow tank 114 is in constant open communica- :asv

This

i v avefoun' in fast runs'wmakin 7"' -tio'n'rwith the return ducts 9, and also with the longitudinal groove 6 of the brass.

When the journal reaches a relatively high speed l'- oilaccumulates in the longitudinal groove 6 ofthe brass faster than is required for-the proper lubrication of the surface contact between-the bra-ss and journal and it,

therefore, 'nnst ezfpand,consequently` the oil rises in the duct 7 from which it flows 'into the sump 8 in which it has a partial expan-- sion, from which sump 8 it flows through the duct 12 into the tank 11 in which the volume of oil is permitted to spread thereby lowering the pressure. In ordinary railroad practice engines are not permitted to attain a speed that. would force the oil over the top ofthe tank 11, therefore the surface oil fed to the bearing surface between the journal and the brass is taken care 'of and conserved. Now, as always happens in runs, the speed of the engine ls'reduced whereupon the oil in the tank'll, is -free to automatically grav-itate 'back through the duct 12, the sump 8 and the ducts 9, from Vwhich attention is againfcalled to th`e fact that these dncts'donot feed the oil toithe bearing surjournal and the brass,v but acebetween the leadjth il to a point beyond that surface.'

avittin" fof the oil back to the oil cellar, lI

Y Y Yone' stop in" 158 miles that thepacking in t e bottom of the cellarjisjust as rich and as well saturated withoil at .the completion of the run as it was at the-beginning of the trip. l And this, without addinganyl oil to the cellar during the trip. lThis system and installation has been adopted asi-'standard on one of the large railj ducts it is discharged j back^ Into 'the oil cellar. In this connection servation of oil and the periodical- .carrying out my invention hv formino, with n.

suitable-tool, grooves 13 in the top labo of the brass and drilling a hole 14 through the brass to .communicate with the lower end of the groove' 13, the upper ends of the grooves being in constant open communication.with the snmp 8 ofthe duct 7', and I have found that this adaptation of the old brasses to my system has proven satisfactory.l In'Figures 5,

.6,7 and 8'," I have shown an old brass groove as just described in connection with the brass A,having one' voil hole, while in Figures 9, 10 and 11 I'have shown the old brass grooved from the two oil sumps 8. By the term old brass I mean a brass which has been in service, butpwhich is still serviceable.

In adapting old brass to my system I counterborefrom the top of the duct 7 down to 1/2 inch and approximately 1A, inch larger in diameter than the original oil duct 7 and thus form the oil tank 8 at the top of the journal brass.

While Ihave elected to illustrate my invention by the mechanical means shown in' the drawings, -it will be understood that I do not wish to be restricted to the exact details shown as other means may be used, and still be within the scope of my invention in flowing the surplus lubricate fed to a brass at high speed,

, to a sump and ,storing it in said sump and then'permittingthe'oil to flow from said` sump by gravity into the oil ccllar'of the journal-.box as the speed of the journal decreases, wherebythe-packing in the oil cellar is constantly kept rich'and thoroughly saturated with oil. v

WhatIclaim is:

1. In-a journal box a journal brass provided with a sump formed therein, un oil duct extending upward through the brass and in constant open communication with said sump, and constantlyopenV return oil ducts formed in said brass and leading from said sump to return the oil to the oil cellar of the journal box. l

2. In a journal box for locomotives, a brass provided with a snmp formed therein, an oil duct open, at both ends and extending upwardly through t'he 'brass and in constant open communication with said sump, and constantly open oil ducts formed in said brass and in constant open commuica-tion at one end 'with said sump and opening through the stituting en` sump, oil ducts also formed in the` brassat their other ends at a point beyond the brass and radiating from and in Constant line oflcontaot between the journal vand brassnopen connnunication with said sump, said 10 3. In a journal box, a brass provided with ducts openingl at their lower ends through the 5 il vertical oil duct intersecting the top and bottom faceiof the brass.

bottom faces of the brass and having an in- In testimony Whereof' afIiX my signature. creased diameter at its upperportion Con- ABRAHAM L. MOLER. 

